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TonyNZ

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#303912 19-Mar-2023 17:22
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This is my first post here, so please be gentle with me. 😊

 

Every Sunday afternoon I get a pop-up from Windows asking how I want to open an unidentified app. If I dismiss it everything just carries on normally. I assume there is a scheduled task trying to kick off, but I have no idea how to track it down without trawling through the whole of Task scheduler, and life is too short for that.

 

I had a look at Powershell and could get a list of active tasks, but with no scheduling info and no way to sort the list. Is there a way Ican do this?

 

TIA


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SirHumphreyAppleby
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  #3052108 19-Mar-2023 17:25
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You can use the Autoruns Sysinternals tool to show applications run via scheduled tasks, on system boot etc.




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  #3052114 19-Mar-2023 17:32
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While the pop-up is still on the screen, check task manager to see if anything interesting is running. Maybe take a screenshot or photo of the display and post it here, to see if anyone recognises it.

 

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TonyNZ

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  #3052146 19-Mar-2023 20:46
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The autoruns thing is definitely worth a look.

 

I know I should be checking more when the pop-up is on the screen but I keep just dismissing it without thinking, usually because I'm in the middle of something else. Next time I'll be more diligent.

 

I'll report back.

 

Thanks.


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